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PART 1 For questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space. There is an example at the beginning (0). Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. Example: ° A made B_ become chad D_ done 0 A Cc D EYEWITNESS GUIDES [tall started just six years ago with Birds, Since then, Eyewitness Guides have (0) .. a publishing sensation - 50 subjects (1) ...., 40 countries conquered, 15 million copies sold. But the success of Eyewitness Guides cannot be (2) .... in statistics alone, @) .... these high-quality reference books have established a (4) ... original way of presenting information. We live in an age of television, video and interactive computing, in which children are (5) .... at absorbing data from images at a glance. (6) .... this makes them respond favourably to visual learning, the disadvantage is that they sometimes lack confidence with words. So, what the Eyewitness Guides have done is to combine the two elements, words and pictures, (7)... them as just one thing — entertainment. One of the main reasons (8) .... the books’ success is the discovery that, against a white background, even the most (9) .... objects can look wonderful. Often a single photographic image will take (10) .... an entire double-page spread, grabbing your (11) ..... Whatever the image, you'll always find the text (12) .... alongside, building your understanding of the subject. Eyewitness Guides are the (13) ...of a unique approach, in which photographs, models, maps and diagrams are specially produced. Everything is done to make (14) .... that they compete with the impact of television images. But these books have one (15) .... advantage ~ children can return to them again and again, finding something fresh to read every time. " 12 13 14 15 PP > PrP Pp > > b> > PP PD PS DY dealt scored for fully capable Incontrast conducting under accustomed up fascination quite outcome certain high wDooooae we ow fulfilled valued out of completely powerful While treating behind habitual in involvement nearby production definite large 0090080809 0008080800020060 covered numbered due to considerably effective Even so operating beneath repeated to attraction right formation firm major [~~ ~~ ~~~ = = ~~ managed measured from widely skilled Despite applying below familiar on attention next effect guaranteed grand td For questions 16-30, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your word on the separate answer sheet. Example: [| O them Vegetarianism Vegetarians don’t eat any meat, fish or poultry, and they avoid foods with animal products in (0) chicken and fish (16) .... their diet. These are often people who recognize (17) .... health benefits of a vegetarian diet, but who find they can’t (18) .... up meat completely. This half-way position is sometimes taken by people Some people avoid red meat but they include who are making the change (19) .... a completely vegetarian diet. Vegans go one step further (20) .... other vegetarians, avoiding all foods of animal origin, such as dairy produce, eggs and honey. Vegetarians are growing in number. (21)..... estimated seven per cent of British people are now vegetarian, and there are a (22) .... many others who only eat meat occasionally. In the (23) .... few years, food manufacturers have expanded their vegetarian ranges, and it has (24) .... a lot easier to choose an animal-free diet. Many restaurants also now offer a wide variety (25) .... vegetarian dishes. People might choose a vegetarian diet (26) .... moral or health reasons, (27) .... both. Some vegetarians simply don’t like the idea of eating other creatures, and they may dislike the conditions in (28) .... many animals are kept before (29) .... killed for food. Others may have become vegetarians (30) .... of the health benefits. NSA For questions 31-40, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. There is an example at the beginning (0). Write only the missing words on the separate answer sheet. Example: 0 ‘Do you know how to get to the town centre?’ she asked me. way She asked Me .......secsescceseee sessessees 10 the town centre. The gap can be filled by the words. 0 | whether I knew the way ]OR [0] if Tknew the way 31 32 33 34 35 The authorities have improved the public transport system here recently. improvements The authorities .. the public transport system here recently. | was too scared to tell him what | really thought. courage I. . to tell him what I really thought. Itwas easy for us to get tickets for the concert. no We.... sistas tickets for the concert. He pretended to be enjoying himself, but he wasn't really. as He acted .... himself, but he wasn’t really. They probably don't live at the same address any more. doubt at the same address any more. 36 37 38 39 40 | didn’t agree with the idea. favour | ... the idea. ‘Sandra said that she was willing to work late. mind Sandra said that . .- late. You're tired because you stayed up very late last night. if You wouldn't be tired .... to bed earlier last night. The number of tourists visiting this area rose last year. rise Last year... +s the number of tourists visiting this area. | hadn’t made a speech before, so | was very nervous. used Because |... 1 Speeches, | was very nervous. For questions 56-65, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. There is. an example at the beginning (0). Write your word on the separate answer sheet. Example: [0 | development Z| Road Maps The (0).... of the road maps of Britain that exist today started over 200 years ago. The Army was concerned about the (56) .... of enemy invasion, but its plans for (57) ... were hindered by the lack of maps at the time. Those that did exist were (58) .... and lacked detail Work to produce (59) .... maps was carried out by an organization called Ordnance Survey. They were remarkably (60)... .Using fairly simple instruments, they produced (61)..... accurate results and set the high standard for which British maps have a (62) .... Map-makers today use totally different methods. Today's (63) .... have a vast (64) ... of road atlases produced by a wide range of Publishers. They (65) .... enormously in style, colour and content but they alll derive from the maps produced by Ordnance Survey. DEVELOP POSSIBLE DEFEND ACCURATE RELY SUCCEED SURPRISE REPUTE MOTOR CHOOSE VARIOUS

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